Notable Christian Brothers
- Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice, founder of the Christian Brothers and the Presentation Brothers
- James Dominic Burke, Limerick-born teacher of science subjects at North Monastery in Cork
- Donal Healy (Baile ort Tim)
- John Philip Holland, inventor of the motor powered submarine, who had been a Christian Brother as a young man
- Paul Francis Keaney
- Vic Larkin - Hero of the Australian Brothers
- Eamon McGrotty, former Christian Brother who died in the Spanish Civil War fighting on the Republican side
- Paul Nunan
- Michael Paul Riordan, second Superior-General of the congregation
- Patrick Ambrose Treacy, leader of the first Australian community of Christian Brothers
- Robert Cal Whiting
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